Long live King Strickland!

bethesilentone

bethesilentone

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I love the look on Stricklands face on the front page of azbilliards. It is funny how he is pointing like saying "all you have to do is use your brain!" He is without a doubt impressive in his abilities lately. I know Janis Viking tour is not the big baller tournament, but alot of great players showed up to lose. Is the Earl now the King?
 
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Earl is the PEARL! lol............I think he is one of the greats. A little emotional.....and intense. But so are some of the others. He just shows his too much. One of the straighest shooters ever!
 
Earl is not the king until Efren Hangs up his cue! earl though is without a doubt one of the best 9ballers of all time. It makes me wonder though how many matches he lost because he could not keep his focus
 
Even if Efren hangs up his cue, he is still the king. By the way, he just won the all-Japan open around 3-4 days ago. One of his victims along the way was none other than Django.
 
Earl drives a porsche 911 twin-turbo for a reason.

Earl is the most consistant player recently. I saw him shooting warmups against Corey Deuel at the U.S.Open (A awesome match by the way,) He was psyching Corey out by rattling every shot into the pocket closest to Deuel as if saying, I am so good I practice missing you pey-on. I have seen all the greats preform close up. Bustamante is so fluid, and very mathmatical, Archer is probably a bit methodical, and time consuming in his shot making but he is a fantastic shot maker, Mika is maybe the most talented of the young group, Basavich looks like he is going to stomp everyone here real soon he is very talented...But, There is just something about Earl the Pearl! He is truly powerful in his play, very precise. A billiard genius. The intensity he gives off is more playing to the crowd, and it helps get his adrenaline going and helps keep the crowd into a collective assumed, lame, boring sport like pool. This guy has been 9balling all over the world for so many years. Still putting all the young hotshots and respected vetrans in there seats he deserves to be dubbed The KING! Long Live the King! Long live Earl THe Pearl!
 
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Earl just got beat real bad today, by Bebeng Gallego of the Philippines in the 1st Philippine Open being held in Robinson's Galleria here in the Philippines.

Score was 9 - 1 for Gallego. Alternate break format.

nbc
 
Dont get me wrong, Earl is one of the best of all time. But the KING is and like i said until he hangs up his cue will be efren. Efren Has beaten the pearl in most of the big time matches that they have played! Color of money 1-2 The masters! If you take efren at his best against Earl at his best, In the long run Efren would beat earl the most No doubt!!!!
 
I agree that Efren is a great player, probably in the top ten as far as skilled players, in the history of pool.

Earl is also a great player, but he offers another element, which separates him from Efren, and that is his entertaining style of play. He brings to the table not only his skill, accredited by his numerous championship titles, but he has personality.

Before he entered the tournament arena, Earl grew up in the South, where he learned the game from American on-the-road experiences, playing some of the best pool legends in the world. His passion and devotion to the sport and his constant desire for perfection has elevated him to be a world-class champion.

Comparing Earl to Efren is like comparing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Ludwig van Beethoven (IMO).

Congratulations to Earl on winning the Viking Tour final tournament.

ManlyShot
 
nbc said:
Earl just got beat real bad today, by Bebeng Gallego of the Philippines in the 1st Philippine Open being held in Robinson's Galleria here in the Philippines.

Score was 9 - 1 for Gallego. Alternate break format.

nbc
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Long live the king!
 
Comparing Earl to Efren is like comparing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Ludwig van Beethoven (IMO).

Congratulations to Earl on winning the Viking Tour final tournament.

ManlyShot [/B][/QUOTE]

Which one is Mozart and which one is Beethoven? Specify to clarify.
 
I would like to see the true numbers on the Earl vs. Efren matches. I am sure it is close. Too bad no one was organized enough to write it all down in to solid numbers, instead of just hollow words.

As far as Earl losing in the Phillipines, how good Do you think Gallego would do after playing all the Bad Boys in Viking tour National Championship then flying to a different climate and time zone to play a fresh Earl Strickland on his home turf?

Is Earl not 5x US Open Champ and multiple and recent Worldpoolchampionship winner? When has Efren last won a U.S Open or a WorldPool Championship? What do the true numbers state??
 
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bethesilentone said:
I would like to see the true numbers on the Earl vs. Efren matches. I am sure it is close. Too bad no one was organized enough to write it all down in to solid numbers, instead of just hollow words.

As far as Earl losing in the Phillipines, how good Do you think Gallego would do after playing all the Bad Boys in Viking tour National Championship then flying to a different climate and time zone to play a fresh Earl Strickland on his home turf?

Is Earl not 5x US Open Champ and multiple and recent Worldpoolchampionship winner? When has Efren last won a U.S Open or a WorldPool Championship? What do the true numbers state??
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Excuses, excuses... lol.

Hey, Earl, Corey Deuel, Mika Immonen and a lot of other pool players flew in to play in this open. So, if you're claiming jet lag, well, the others should also be feeling it. Thing is, Corey, Mika and some of the others who flew in are still in the running. Earl and Rodney are out. Shame about Rodney... I wanted him to do well...but he ran into an in-stroke Antonio Lining today.

Besides, if Earl just won in the Viking tour, then, his stroke should be in the groove.

As good as Earl is, and mind you, I like the guy and I love watching him play when he's in form... but overall, I would think that Efren is a heck of a lot better.

More U.S. Opens for Earl? Of course... he lives in the U.S., man. If Efren lived there, I would bet you that he would have more tournament wins than Earl. Thing is, Efren's initial trips to the U.S. were very dependent on finding sponsors or "managers" to pay for his plane fares and expenses.

In the end though...it doesnt matter who is better. They are both very good, and we should just count ourselves lucky to be able to watch and learn from these masters of the game.

nbc
 
I"ll end this topic here and now! After a tournament lose earl was said in a interview "Ive played them all and efren is the best!!!!"
true earl has 5 us-open titles but when did he win them? Back in the 80s when there was maybe 10 really great players in the world! His world titles are the same. The united states were the only good players and earl was maybe the best of them. Earl is not an all around good player like efren. has earl won a world 8 ball? has he won a pro one pocket tournament? Has he won a straight pool tournamet? Efren kicks better banks better playes better safes, Better postion player. the only thing earl does better is break. I wont even get into the mental game Efren has was better focus at the table! Im from the states and i do like earl but if you ask a 100 people who is better i think 90 would say EFREN BATA REYES!!!!
 
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Which one is Mozart and which one is Beethoven? Specify to clarify.
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I would compare Efren to Beethoven, of course, and Earl to Mozart in this analogy, but remember beauty lays in the eyes of the beholder. The music I enjoy hearing may not be the same as another. It's all great music, just the same.

ManlyShot
 
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true earl has 5 us-open titles but when did he win them? Back in the 80s when there was maybe 10 really great players in the world!
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King Cueball, were you even around back in the '80s, "10 great players in the world"? You may desire to do a little additional research before you make a statement like that. Are the only good players in your eyes the ones now in the year 2003? I beg to differ, with all due respect.

ManlyShot
 
These guys are playing pool at a sandwich shop in Mannilla!

This is Turkey day2003 these guys are 3000miles from U.S soil The Americans are all ready to go play Golf(they are crazy for it!)! A sport to really sink time into learning for the profits, and here in the Northern U.S Golf season is over. Too cold out. Efren is a great player but people should stop getting mad everytime someone says something positive about a great U.S champion like "The Pearl".
 
manlyshot said:
I would compare Efren to Beethoven, of course, and Earl to Mozart in this analogy, but remember beauty lays in the eyes of the beholder. The music I enjoy hearing may not be the same as another. It's all great music, just the same.

ManlyShot
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Methink it's the other way around. Mozart is the peerless genius in music history, one of the most amazing phenomenon in the history of mankind. By analogy, Reyes is in pool. Beethoven, maybe Bustamante, but not Earl. Why do people always compare these two anyways, when it has already been proven many times that the other keeps thrashing the other? Happy thanksgiving to all! Shit, my probation ends this month, that's something to give thanks for, hahaha!
 
" Efren is a great player but people should stop getting mad everytime someone says something positive about a great U.S champion like "The Pearl". [/B][/QUOTE]

From your original post, you declair that Earl is the king of pool. Definitely, some pool fans will not agree with this.You should see the result this year that Scorpion got more tour wins. And Efren and Busta and some top players can claim ths title as king of pool. And also you must consider sportsmanship attitude.
If you just congratulate Earl for winning the Viking Tour, then we will not go on with these war of words. Earl just lost 9-1 to a Filipino, Gallego, a top pro player and he recently lost 12-0 to Efren in the middle east. So you are just dragging Earl's name to shame by calling him king, because he must prove it, but it is difficult, there are a lot of them.

About the tour in the USA, I noticed that very less or almost no Asians went to compete this season. Maybe because of this popular Asian Tour. Is it?

So I will just say, congratulation on the Pearl for winning the lastest Viking Tour.

Looking forward on your next win.
 
Cursing guy,

You are the reason this sport lives in a tin can, on the internet. Take your foul mouth and wash it out with soap.Obviously you have no respect for the kids, and parents(myself included) that may be reading these threads to learn something about this sport. Azbilliards forum deserves more respect by not cursing. Seriously, opinions are one thing expressed.Public display of ignorance by vulgar language only hurts the youngsters. Who ARE going to control our future. This is a serious problem.

As far as this post goes, I am showing you guys how riled up and serious you take it all. Look at Earls face he thinks its all a joke! I relate. I was mearly playing on the earl/ king royalty nickname via Earl the King. We are not building the space station people! We are just writing opinions, facts to parlay furthur boredom, and frustration of not running out every time. Do you really think we can win arguments about who is better. Dont you see how funny this is? i know some do.
Peace

P.S
Ill take a fish sandwich, clam chowder, a pepsicola, with a side of coleslaw and butter bread.
 
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